Anti-graft crusade: who’s now fit to be trusted?

By Adamu Aminu.

It is unquestionably, closer to the truth, that solutions towards taming the catastrophic tide of corruption pandemic, clearly shown that, is not within an easy reach in this country – Nigeria.

To the extents that the handful of optimism and positiveness lingering in the minds of some well-meaning people’s of this nation had ground to a halt in the wake of the recent brand new scandal which swept the feet of the former suspended anti-graft czar Ibrahim Mustapha Magu.

In a yet to ascertain accusations levelled on the erstwhile EFCC acting Chairman, Magu bordering on diverting and fraud circumventing huge amounts recovered looted funds and properties from the marauders of national coffers.

The indictments which have not to substantiate in court.

Nevertheless, based on the earlier whistleblowing made by the minister of justice and attorney-general of the federation, Abubakar Malami and preliminary findings formulated by the presidential investigative panel on corruption, which is headed by Justice Ayo Salami against Magu’s confidential stratagem for self-enrichments.

Without being pre-emptive in reaching to the conclusion, the unfolding development is plainly made clear reflections on to discerning minds, particularly Nigerians, based on what recently transpiring on the Magu’s costly indictments, anti-graft war in Nigeria is just a mirage and equally more of a lip-service.

On another flip side of the coin, the Magu’s bombshell indictment on the acclaimed pastor, a man of God and vice president, Professor Yemi Osibanjo allegedly received the sum of 4 billion nairas out of looted recovery funds.

The accusations which he denied vehemently, and later calling for a probe to corroborate the authenticity of the claims levelled him.

Whatever the case may be, whether the allegations are true or fictitiously weaved, it would not erase the deep-seated suspicion in the minds of Nigerians, particularly poverty-stricken that the issue of fighting corruption in the country is merely lip-services.

While many people are of the view that corruption has turned into a malignant tumour which spreads to nooks and crannies of the entire polity.

With regard to the unfolding Magu’s scandal and alleged vice-president indictments, this has clearly manifested that Mr. Integrity, toothed-gap President Muhammadu Buhari is the only man fighting the scourge wholeheartedly, but seemingly those he entrusted, have a double-edge motives of using the means at their disposal to truncate the ongoing crusade of fighting against corruption in the expense of their selfishness.

But, in the advent of Magu’s outright suspension by President Muhammadu Buhari which paves the way for the commission Director operation Mohammed Umar to take charge of the anti-graft agency, this would not dampen the spirit of the teeming Nigerian towards asking themselves a repeated question about Who is now fits to be trusted in wholehearted fighting against the malignant pandemic – corruption, which portends the bleak future of the overall development of our dear nation, Nigeria.